myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of devastare

Etymology of the Latin word devastare

the Latin word devastare (devastate, lay waste)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)

derived from the Latin word vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)

derived from the Late Latin word vanus (empty, vain; false)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *euə-

Italian devastare, Portuguese devastar, Spanish devastar